Weekly News (Dec. 11-15)

Such an exciting week in kindergarten! Our kindergarten engineers did an amazing job working on their gingerbread houses. We can't wait to put them on display next week!

Math
This week we reviewed the concepts of same and different while we read the story The Ugly Duckling. We also reviewed the concepts of one more and one less and introduced the concept of fewer. Identifying how many fewer objects there were when comparing two sets of objects was difficult, but we used a variety of math manipulatives and played several games this week to reinforce these concepts.

Jolly Phonics
This week we learned two more double-letter sounds--oi and ue. We will learn our final two sounds next week!

Literacy
Reading Workshop
We continued our Gingerbread Unit this week and compared two more versions of the Gingerbread Man. This week we read The Gingerbread Cowboy and The Cajun Cornbread Boy. It was exciting to listen to the students as they talked with their partners about the similarities and differences between all the stories we've read. They're looking forward to The Gingerbread Baby next week!

Writing Workshop
This week during writing workshop time, the students wrote about what they would do if their gingerbread cookie jumped out of the oven. They practiced using their Jolly Phonics sounds as they worked to share their ideas. Some cookies had the same fate as the gingerbread man, but other cookies managed to escape! Such creative ideas the students had!

Science and Engineering
The students have been doing a great job working on their gingerbread house for Dryden's Cardboard Challenge. Not only have the students been working on their planning and design skills, they have also been learning how to share their ideas and how to compromise! Take a peek at a couple of groups in action below. More photos to come next week!!

All About Me
The morning class loved learning all about Charlotte this week. We learned that Charlotte loves Mickey Mouse, and she would love to go to Disney some day. She also enjoys coloring and her favorite color is yellow. Charlotte likes to swim and spend time at the beach. She also loves spending time with her family!

Thank you to Charlotte's mom for reading a class favorite!

The afternoon class loved learning all about Nate this week. We learned that Nate is a big Lego and Star Wars fan. He also loves the color red, and Christmas is his favorite holiday. Nate enjoys playing with his action figures and spending time with his family and playing with his twin brother Jason!

Thank you to Nate's mom for coming in to read too!

Click HERE to see a few more pictures from this week. 

More photos to come next week too!

Thanks for reading!